Saving edits should not require a User object, a UserIdentity should be sufficient.
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	Feb 23 2021, 3:24 PM

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PageUpdater and DerivedPageDataUpdater should use UserIdentity where possible

Code performing edits should not need a full User object, a UserIdentity should be sufficient.

This is an important step to enabling cross-wiki edits.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	PageUpdater: use UserIdentity where possible	mediawiki/core	master	+137 -71

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daniel created this task.Feb 23 2021, 3:24 PM

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Change 666373 had a related patch set uploaded (by Daniel Kinzler; owner: Daniel Kinzler):
[mediawiki/core@master] PageUpdater: use UserIdentity where possible

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/666373

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 23 2021, 3:24 PM

daniel triaged this task as Medium priority.Feb 23 2021, 6:30 PM

daniel moved this task from Unsorted pile to Doing on the Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) board.

daniel raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Mar 9 2021, 5:50 PM

daniel moved this task from Doing to Waiting for Review on the Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) board.Mar 9 2021, 6:21 PM

Change 666373 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] PageUpdater: use UserIdentity where possible

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/666373

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.35; 2021-03-16).Mar 10 2021, 8:00 PM

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• Pchelolo moved this task from Waiting for Review to On the train on the Platform Team Workboards (MW Expedition) board.Mar 16 2021, 1:49 PM

• Pchelolo closed this task as Resolved.Apr 6 2021, 4:39 PM

Saving edits should not require a User object, a UserIdentity should be sufficient.Closed, ResolvedPublicActions

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Saving edits should not require a User object, a UserIdentity should be sufficient.
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